Bad Therapy

<p><em>Bad Therapy</em> offers a rare glimpse into the hearts and mind's of the profession's most famous authors, thinkers, and leaders when things aren't going so well. Jeffrey Kottler and Jon Carlson, who include their own therapy mishaps, interview twenty of the world's most famous practitioners who discuss their mistakes, misjudgements, and miscalculations on working with clients. Told through narratives, the failures are related with candor to expose the human side of leading therapists. Each therapist shares with regrets, what they learned from the experience, what others can learn from their mistakes, and the benefits of speaking openly about bad therapy.</p> <p>The Authors<br>Preface<br>1. The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly: Parameters of Bad Therapy<br>2. Jeffrey A. Kottler: The Thing Is<br>3. Jon Carlson: Stories Without Endings<br>4. Peggy Papp: A Public Humiliation<br>5. Arnold A. Lazarus: A Huge Dose of Humility<br>6. Violet Oaklander: If I Learned Something, Then I Can Forgive Myself<br>7. Richard Schwartz: The Critical Parts of Me<br>8. William Glasser: I Can't Wait Until You Leave<br>9. Stephen Lankton: Speaking the Client's Language<br>10. Francine Shapiro: I Need to Have Safeguards in Place<br>11. Raymond Corsini: Don't Get Stuck With One Approach<br>12. John Gray: Being in Bad Therapy<br>13. Frank Pittman: I Take a Lot of Risks<br>14. Sam Gladding: I Zigged When I Should Have Zagged<br>15. Susan M. Johnson: I Felt Quite Helpless<br>16. Pat Love: Listening to My Inner Voice<br>17. Art Freeman: We're Not as Smart as We Think We Are<br>18. John Norcross: 50 Minutes of Pure Hostility<br>19. Len Sperry: Letting Things Get Personal<br>20. Scott D. Miller: I Should Have Known Better<br>21. Michael F. Hoyt: I Was Blind at the Time<br>22. Richard Stuart: I Expect Too Much<br>23. Michele Weiner-Davis: Struck by a Bolt of Lightning-Again!<br>24. Some Common Themes and Lessons Learned<br>References</p>